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  1. The Guardian: Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status. “Grindr will pay £26m to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands of users in the UK who allege that the US dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including in some cases their HIV status, with advertising companies.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/09/the-guardian-grindr-pays-26m-to-settle-uk-lawsuit-over-allegedly-sharing-users-hiv-status/
  2. The Register: Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records. “Two major healthcare businesses, Boston Scientific and McKesson, disclosed more details over the weekend about separate cyberattacks that disrupted global operations and resulted in stolen patient data, respectively.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/03/the-register-healthcare-cyberattacks-hit-pacemakers-and-millions-of-patient-records-2/
  3. Mashable: ICE just got access to 79 million Americans’ Medicaid data. “In documents obtained exclusively by the Associated Press, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) agreed to provide demographic and location data to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, including names, addresses, and ethnicities, in order to more […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/20/mashable-ice-just-got-access-to-79-million-americans-medicaid-data/

  4. Lifehacker: Hackers Stole Health Records From 1.6 Million Planned Parenthood Patients. “Another major data breach has compromised the sensitive health records of more than 1.6 million patients—including minors under 18—who received care at Planned Parenthood in more than 30 states. Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC), which provides lab testing services to reproductive health clinics […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/lifehacker-hackers-stole-health-records-from-1-6-million-planned-parenthood-patients/

  5. City University of New York: Reproductive health apps must do more to protect user data, researchers say. “The research trio found that Europe-based apps Clue and Flo both scored 3.5 out of 5 for privacy and security. U.S.-based apps showed varied results, with Period Tracker by GP Apps scoring 2, while Stardust scored 4.5. Major concerns involved IP address tracking and third-party data […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/city-university-of-new-york-reproductive-health-apps-must-do-more-to-protect-user-data-researchers-say/

  6. Bleeping Computer: Oracle Health breach compromises patient data at US hospitals. “A breach at Oracle Health impacts multiple US healthcare organizations and hospitals after a threat actor stole patient data from legacy servers. Oracle Health has not yet publicly disclosed the incident, but in private communications sent to impacted customers and from conversations with those involved, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/30/bleeping-computer-oracle-health-breach-compromises-patient-data-at-us-hospitals/

  7. Hackernoon: Need to Buy Plan B or an HIV Test? Facebook Already Knows About It. “Looking for an at-home HIV test on CVS’s website is not as private an experience as one might think. An investigation by The Markup and KFF Health News found trackers on CVS.com telling some of the biggest social media and advertising platforms the products customers viewed. And CVS is not the only pharmacy […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/12/hackernoon-need-to-buy-plan-b-or-an-hiv-test-facebook-already-knows-about-it/

  8. The Conversation: Government needs to show that its AI plan can be trusted to deal with serious risks when it comes to health data . “The current plan around the use of data to develop AI algorithms needs to be different. Our political and scientific institutions have a duty to signal their commitment to the public by listening to them, and through doing so develop cohesive policies that […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/14/the-conversation-government-needs-to-show-that-its-ai-plan-can-be-trusted-to-deal-with-serious-risks-when-it-comes-to-health-data/

  9. TechCrunch: UnitedHealth confirms 190 million Americans affected by Change Healthcare data breach. “UnitedHealth has confirmed the ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare unit last February affected around 190 million people in America — nearly double previous estimates. The U.S. health insurance giant confirmed the latest number to TechCrunch on Friday after the markets closed.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/26/techcrunch-unitedhealth-confirms-190-million-americans-affected-by-change-healthcare-data-breach/

  10. The data of about 26,000 patients at one of Canada's largest hospital networks may have been copied by malicious actor in June of this year.

    Earlier this month,
    #Toronto's University Health Network sent out notices to an unknown number of people that a database that tracks the electronic referrals to Toronto Western Hospital's orthopedic clinic was left exposed.

    The database included the names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, sex, medical assessments and patients’ provincial health insurance numbers.

    #infosec #cybersecurity #databreach #PHI #PersonalHealthInformation #UniversityHealthNetwork #UHN #Ontario #Canada

    https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/data-of-about-26000-patients-may-have-been-copied-from-toronto-hospital-group/543895

  11. Earlier this month, #Toronto's University Health Network sent out notices to an unknown number of people that a database that tracks the electronic referrals to Toronto Western Hospital's orthopedic clinic was left exposed. In the notification, UHN stated that in June of this year, a malicious actor may have accessed & copied data from the database.

    The database included the names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, sex, medical assessments and patients’ provincial health insurance numbers.

    #infosec #cybersecurity #databreach #PHI #PersonalHealthInformation #UniversityHealthNetwork #UHN #Ontario #Canada

    https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/data-of-about-26000-patients-may-have-been-copied-from-toronto-hospital-group/543895

  12. Saw another report on this on PBS last night. I don’t use artificial sweetener and I drink my coffee black but if you eat foods w #erythritol you might reconsider.

    #PersonalHealthInformation

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